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Author SHA1 Message Date
Kevin Buettner
2b0c8b0199 Rename python function thread_from_thread_handle to thread_from_handle
This renaming was done to stay consistent with the naming of the new
gdb.InferiorThread.handle method.  I had initially named it "thread_handle"
but Tom Tromey suggested just "handle".

The old name (thread_from_thread_handle) still works, but is marked as
deprecated in comments in the code as well as in the documentation.

I have some code which uses these functions.  I very much like the
brevity of the new names.

gdb/doc/ChangeLog:

	* python.texi (Inferiors In Python): Rename
	Inferior.thread_from_thread_handle to Inferior.thread_from_handle.
	Add note about the former being deprecated.

gdb/ChangeLog:

	* python/py-inferior.c (infpy_thread_from_thread_handle):
	Adjust comments to reflect renaming of thread_from_thread_handle
	to thread_from_handle.  Adjust keywords.  Fix type error message.
	(inferior_object_methods): Add thread_from_handle.  Retain
	thread_from_thread_handle, but mark it as deprecated.

testsuite/ChangeLog:

	* gdb.python/py-thrhandle.exp: Adjust tests to call
	thread_from_handle instead of thread_from_thread_handle.
2019-04-08 20:21:34 -07:00
Kevin Buettner
c369f8f0fa Documentation for python method InferiorThread.handle
gdb/doc/ChangeLog:

	* python.texi (Threads In Python): Add description for method
	InferiorThread.handle.
2019-04-08 20:18:15 -07:00
Marco Barisione
52093e1b93 Add gdb.Value.format_string ()
The str () function, called on a gdb.Value instance, produces a string
representation similar to what can be achieved with the print command,
but it doesn't allow to specify additional formatting settings, for
instance disabling pretty printers.

This patch introduces a new format_string () method to gdb.Value which
allows specifying more formatting options, thus giving access to more
features provided by the internal C function common_val_print ().

gdb/ChangeLog:

2019-04-01  Marco Barisione  <mbarisione@undo.io>

	Add gdb.Value.format_string ().
	* python/py-value.c (copy_py_bool_obj):
	(valpy_format_string): Add gdb.Value.format_string ().
	* NEWS: Document the addition of gdb.Value.format_string ().

gdb/doc/ChangeLog:

2019-04-01  Marco Barisione  <mbarisione@undo.io>

	* python.texi (Values From Inferior): Document
	gdb.Value.format_string ().

gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog:

2019-04-01  Marco Barisione  <mbarisione@undo.io>

	Test gdb.Value.format_string ().
	* gdb.python/py-format-string.exp: New test.
	* gdb.python/py-format-string.c: New file.
	* gdb.python/py-format-string.py: New file.
2019-04-01 10:00:04 +02:00
Andrew Burgess
9f9aa85206 gdb: Make python display_hint None handling defined behaviour
The documentation say that the display_hint method must return a
string to serve as a display hint, and then goes on to list some
acceptable strings.

However, if we don't supply the display_hint method then we get a
default display style behaviour and there's currently no way (in the
python api) to force this default behaviour.

The guile api allows #f to be used in order to force the default
display style behaviour, and this is documented.

Currently, using None in the python api also forces the default
display behaviour.

This commit extends the documentation to make returning None from the
display_hint method an official mechanism by which the user can get
the default display style.

I've extended one of the existing tests to cover this case.

gdb/doc/ChangeLog:

	* python.texi (Pretty Printing API): Document use of None for the
	display_hint.

gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog:

	* gdb.python/py-prettyprint.c (struct container) <is_map_p>: New
	field.
	(make_container): Initialise new field.
	* gdb.python/py-prettyprint.exp: Add new tests.
	* gdb.python/py-prettyprint.py (class ContainerPrinter)
	<display_hint>: New method.
2019-03-26 18:25:10 +00:00
Tom Tromey
48869a5f9c Use @defvar to document gdb.pretty_printers
While referencing the manual, I noticed that gdb.pretty_printers
wasn't documented using @defvar.  This made it more difficult to find
in the info pages.  This patch adds the @defvar and also an
introductory paragraph in that node.

gdb/doc/ChangeLog
2019-03-20  Tom Tromey  <tromey@adacore.com>

	* python.texi (Selecting Pretty-Printers): Use @defvar for
	gdb.pretty_printers.
2019-03-20 11:28:44 -06:00
Simon Marchi
ff6c8b354d Small fix to gdb.Value constructor doc
The synopsis of the two-parameters form of the gdb.Value constructor is
currently shown as

    Value.__init__ (val, [, type ])

in the documentation.

First, there is an extra comma, which I think we can remove in any
case.

Then, since the type parameter is not optional, I would not put in
between square brackets.  Those usually indicate that something is
optional.

With this patch, it appears as:

    Value.__init__ (val, type)

gdb/doc/ChangeLog:

	* python.texi (Values From Inferior): Change synopsys of the
	second form of Value.__init__.
2019-03-05 14:00:42 -05:00
Kevin Buettner
af54ade989 Document two argument form of gdb.Value constructor
gdb/ChangeLog:

	* NEWS: Mention two argument form of gdb.Value constructor.

gdb/doc/ChangeLog:

	* python.texi (Values From Inferior): Document second form
	of Value.__init__.
2019-02-26 10:28:05 -07:00
Joel Brobecker
42a4f53d2b Update copyright year range in all GDB files.
This commit applies all changes made after running the gdb/copyright.py
script.

Note that one file was flagged by the script, due to an invalid
copyright header
(gdb/unittests/basic_string_view/element_access/char/empty.cc).
As the file was copied from GCC's libstdc++-v3 testsuite, this commit
leaves this file untouched for the time being; a patch to fix the header
was sent to gcc-patches first.

gdb/ChangeLog:

	Update copyright year range in all GDB files.
2019-01-01 10:01:51 +04:00
Tom Tromey
163cffefaf Make @pxref for Inferior.architecture point to gdb.Frame documentation
This fixes he @pxref in Inferior.architecture to point to the "Frames
In Python" node, as originally intended; somewhat reverting an earlier
build fix.  The initial patch had typod the "In".

Tested by "make info".

gdb/doc/ChangeLog
2018-10-09  Tom Tromey  <tom@tromey.com>

	* python.texi (Inferiors In Python): Link to "Frames In Python",
	not "Unwinding Frames in Python".
2018-10-09 13:59:37 -06:00
Andreas Krebbel
9e1698c618 Python doc build fixes
gdb/doc/ChangeLog:

2018-10-08  Andreas Krebbel  <krebbel@linux.ibm.com>

	* python.texi (Inferior.Architecture): Add "@end defun". Rename
	ref target to "Unwinding Frames in Python".
2018-10-08 09:49:48 +02:00
Tom Tromey
add5ded5e4 Add Inferior.architecture method
I've written a couple of gdb unwinders in Python, and while doing so,
I wanted to find the architecture of the inferior.  (In an unwinder in
particular, one can't use the frame's architecture, because there is
no frame.)

This patch adds Inferior.architecture to allow this.  Normally I think
I would have chosen an attribute and not a method here, but seeing
that Frame.architecture is a method, I chose a method as well, for
consistency.

gdb/ChangeLog
2018-10-06  Tom Tromey  <tom@tromey.com>

	PR python/19399:
	* python/py-inferior.c: Add "architecture" entry.
	(infpy_architecture): New function.

gdb/doc/ChangeLog
2018-10-06  Tom Tromey  <tom@tromey.com>

	PR python/19399:
	* python.texi (Inferiors In Python): Document
	Inferior.Architecture.

gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog
2018-10-06  Tom Tromey  <tom@tromey.com>

	PR python/19399:
	* gdb.python/py-inferior.exp: Add architecture test.
2018-10-06 23:20:55 -06:00
Tom Tromey
51e78fc5fa Update symbol domain and location values for Python
In the distant past, there was no distinction between domain_enum and
search_domain.  At that point, there were two sets of enumerators in a
single enum -- which is why these were eventually split.  This
confusion leaked out to the Python API as well, as noted in
PR python/21765.

This patch deprecates the constants that aren't useful to the Python
API.  They are left in place for now, but removed from the
documentation.  Also, their values are changed so that, if used, they
might work.  Finally, missing domains and location constants are
added.

gdb/ChangeLog
2018-10-06  Tom Tromey  <tom@tromey.com>

	PR python/21765:
	* python/py-symbol.c (gdbpy_initialize_symbols): Redefine
	SYMBOL_VARIABLES_DOMAIN, SYMBOL_FUNCTIONS_DOMAIN,
	SYMBOL_TYPES_DOMAIN.  Define SYMBOL_MODULE_DOMAIN,
	SYMBOL_COMMON_BLOCK_DOMAIN, SYMBOL_LOC_COMMON_BLOCK.

gdb/doc/ChangeLog
2018-10-06  Tom Tromey  <tom@tromey.com>

	PR python/21765:
	* python.texi (Symbols In Python): Document the module and
	common-block domains.  Remove documentation for incorrect
	domains.
2018-10-06 23:20:55 -06:00
Tom Tromey
ae778caf09 Allow setting a parameter to raise gdb.GdbError
A convention in the Python layer is that raising a gdb.GdbError will
not print the Python stack -- instead the exception is treated as any
other gdb exception.

PR python/18852 asks that this treatment be extended the the
get_set_value method of gdb.Parameter.  This makes sense, because it
lets Python-created parameters act like gdb parameters.

2018-09-23  Tom Tromey  <tom@tromey.com>

	PR python/18852:
	* python/py-param.c (get_set_value): Use gdbpy_handle_exception.

gdb/doc/ChangeLog
2018-09-23  Tom Tromey  <tom@tromey.com>

	PR python/18852:
	* python.texi (Parameters In Python): Document exception behavior
	of get_set_string.

gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog
2018-09-23  Tom Tromey  <tom@tromey.com>

	PR python/18852:
	* gdb.python/py-parameter.exp: Add test for parameter that throws
	on "set".
2018-09-23 23:15:12 -06:00
Tom Tromey
8743a9cdd2 Add more methods to gdb.Progspace
There are a number of global functions in the gdb Python module which
really should be methods on Progspace.  This patch adds new methods to
Progspace and then redefines these globals in terms of these new
methods.

This version has been rebased on the related changes that Simon
recently put in.

Built and regtested on x86-64 Fedora 28.

gdb/ChangeLog
2018-09-16  Tom Tromey  <tom@tromey.com>

	* python/lib/gdb/__init__.py (current_progspace, objfiles)
	(solib_name, block_for_pc, find_pc_line): New functions.
	(execute_unwinders): Update.
	* python/py-block.c (gdbpy_block_for_pc): Remove.
	* python/py-inferior.c (infpy_get_progspace): New function.
	(inferior_object_getset) <progspace>: Add.
	* python/py-progspace.c (pspy_objfiles): Rewrite.
	(pspy_solib_name, pspy_block_for_pc)
	(pspy_find_pc_line, pspy_is_valid): New functions.
	(progspace_object_methods): Add entries for solib_name,
	block_for_pc, find_pc_line, is_valid.
	* python/python-internal.h (gdbpy_block_for_pc)
	(build_objfiles_list): Don't declare.
	* python/python.c: Don't include solib.h.
	(gdbpy_solib_name, gdbpy_find_pc_line)
	(gdbpy_get_current_progspace, build_objfiles_list)
	(gdbpy_objfiles): Remove.
	(GdbMethods) <current_progspace, objfiles, block_for_pc,
	solib_name, find_pc_line>: Remove entries.

gdb/doc/ChangeLog
2018-09-16  Tom Tromey  <tom@tromey.com>

	* python.texi (Basic Python): Update docs for find_pc_line,
	solib_name.
	(Progspaces In Python): Update docs for current_progspace.
	Document block_for_pc, find_pc_line, is_valid, nsolib_name.
	Move method documentation before example.
2018-09-16 06:52:37 -06:00
Simon Marchi
74d3fbbb3e python: Fix erroneous doc about gdb.objfiles()
The code implementing gdb.objfiles() returns a list of objfiles for the
current program space (the program space of the selected inferior).  The
documentation for the gdb.objfiles() Python method, however, states:

    Return a sequence of all the objfiles current known to GDB.

That sounds wrong to me.  I tried to phrase to be more precise.

gdb/doc/ChangeLog:

	* python.texi (Objfiles In Python): Update gdb.objfiles() doc.
2018-09-13 15:43:33 -04:00
Simon Marchi
0ae1a3211a python: Add Progspace.objfiles method
This patch adds an objfiles method to the Progspace object, which
returns a sequence of the objfiles associated to that program space.  I
chose a method rather than a property for symmetry with gdb.objfiles().

gdb/ChangeLog:

	* python/py-progspace.c (PSPY_REQUIRE_VALID): New macro.
	(pspy_get_objfiles): New function.
	(progspace_object_methods): New.
	(pspace_object_type): Add tp_methods callback.
	* python/python-internal.h (build_objfiles_list): New
	declaration.
	* python/python.c (build_objfiles_list): New function.
	(gdbpy_objfiles): Implement using build_objfiles_list.
	* NEWS: Mention the Progspace.objfiles method.

gdb/doc/ChangeLog:

	* python.texi (Program Spaces In Python): Document the
	Progspace.objfiles method.
	(Objfiles In Python): Mention that gdb.objfiles() is identical
	to gdb.selected_inferior().progspace.objfiles().

gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog:

	* gdb.python/py-progspace.exp: Test the Progspace.objfiles
	method.
2018-09-13 15:42:12 -04:00
Simon Marchi
a40bf0c2e9 python: Add Inferior.progspace property
This patch adds a progspace property to the gdb.Inferior type, which
allows getting the gdb.Progspace object associated to that inferior.
In conjunction with the following patch, this will allow scripts iterate
on objfiles associated with a particular inferior.

gdb/ChangeLog:

	* python/py-inferior.c (infpy_get_progspace): New function.
	(inferior_object_getset): Add progspace property.
	* NEWS: Mention the new property.

gdb/doc/ChangeLog:

	* python.texi (Inferiors In Python): Document
	Inferior.progspace.
	(Program Spaces In Python): Document that
	gdb.current_progspace() is the same as
	gdb.selected_inferior().progspace.

gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog:

	* gdb.python/py-inferior.exp: Add tests for Inferior.progspace
	and a few other Inferior properties when the Inferior is no
	longer valid.
2018-09-13 15:42:12 -04:00
Simon Marchi
1256af7d1a python: Provide textual representation for Inferior and Objfile
Printing a GDB Python object is notoriously not helpful:

>>> print(gdb.selected_inferior())
<gdb.Inferior object at 0x7fea59aed198>
>>> print(gdb.objfiles())
[<gdb.Objfile object at 0x7fea59b57c90>]

This makes printing debug traces more difficult than it should be.  This
patch provides some repr() implementation for these two types (more to
come if people agree with the idea, but I want to test the water first).
Here's the same example as above, but with this patch:

>>> print(gdb.selected_inferior())
<gdb.Inferior num=1>
>>> print(gdb.objfiles())
[<gdb.Objfile filename=/home/emaisin/build/binutils-gdb-gcc-git/gdb/test>]

I implemented repr rather than str, because when printing a list (or
another container I suppose), Python calls the repr method of the
elements.  This is useful when printing a list of inferiors or objfiles.
The print(gdb.objfiles()) above would not have worked if I had
implemented str.

I found this post useful to understand the difference between repr and
str:

  https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1436703/difference-between-str-and-repr

gdb/ChangeLog:

	* python/py-inferior.c (infpy_repr): New.
	(inferior_object_type): Register infpy_repr.
	* python/py-objfile.c (objfpy_repr): New.
	(objfile_object_type): Register objfpy_repr.

gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog:

	* gdb.python/py-inferior.exp: Test repr() of gdb.Inferior.
	* gdb.python/py-objfile.exp: Test repr() of gdb.Objfile.
	* gdb.python/py-symtab.exp: Update test printing an objfile.

gdb/doc/ChangeLog:

	* python.texi (Basic Python): Mention the string representation
	of GDB Python objects.
2018-09-13 11:54:38 -04:00
Tom Tromey
849cba3b83 Remove periods from Python section titles
This removes the remaining trailing periods from the Python section
titles.  I thought these looked weird and I don't this is generally
done in the gdb documentation.

gdb/doc/ChangeLog
2018-09-10  Tom Tromey  <tom@tromey.com>

	* python.texi (Frames In Python, Blocks In Python)
	(Symbols In Python, Symbol Tables In Python)
	(Lazy Strings In Python): Remove periods from section titles.
2018-09-10 07:44:29 -06:00
Tom Tromey
27a9fec6aa Swap two sentences in the Pretty Printing API node
I thought the start of the Pretty Printing API node read a bit
strangely.  This patch swaps the first two sentences, which seems
better.

gdb/doc/ChangeLog
2018-09-10  Tom Tromey  <tom@tromey.com>

	* python.texi (Pretty Printing API): Swap sentence order.
2018-09-10 07:44:28 -06:00
Tom Tromey
9da10427dd Mention virtual tables in Python dynamic_type documentation
PR python/16461 asks that the Python dynamic_type documentation
mention virtual tables; this patch implements that request.

gdb/doc/ChangeLog
2018-09-10  Tom Tromey  <tom@tromey.com>

	PR python/16461:
	* python.texi (Values From Inferior): Mention use of virtual
	table.
2018-09-10 07:44:28 -06:00
Tom Tromey
0d2a583976 Small typo fix in Basic Python node
I noticed that the decode_line documentation did not have parens
around the argument:

 -- Function: gdb.decode_line [expression]

This patch fixes this oversight.

gdb/doc/ChangeLog
2018-09-10  Tom Tromey  <tom@tromey.com>

	* python.texi (Basic Python): Parenthesize argument to
	decode_line.
2018-09-10 07:44:27 -06:00
Tom Tromey
05c6bdc1a9 Mention Python versions in the documentation
This updates python.texi to note that gdb can be compiled against
either major version of Python.  It also removes the "execfile"
example, because that is specific to Python 2.

gdb/doc/ChangeLog
2018-09-10  Tom Tromey  <tom@tromey.com>

	* python.texi (Python): Mention Python versions.  Don't mention
	execfile.
2018-09-10 07:44:27 -06:00
Tom Tromey
e7b5068cc2 Update Python unwinder documentation
PR python/19808 points out a few issues in the Python unwinder
documentation.  This patch update the documentation for
create_unwind_info and read_register to address the issues noted, and
adds a cautionary note about writing an unwinder.

gdb/doc/ChangeLog
2018-09-10  Tom Tromey  <tom@tromey.com>

	PR python/19808:
	* python.texi (Unwinding Frames in Python): Rewrite
	create_unwind_info documentation.  Update read_register
	documentation and add a note about unwinder caution.
2018-09-10 07:44:26 -06:00
Tom Tromey
fb5af5e335 Fix gdb.events.inferior_call documentation
PR python/18909 points out that the gdb.events.inferior_call
documentation was incorrect.  This patch brings it in line with the
code.

gdb/doc/ChangeLog
2018-09-10  Tom Tromey  <tom@tromey.com>

	PR python/18909:
	* python.texi (Events In Python): Fix inferior_call
	documentation.
2018-09-10 07:44:26 -06:00
Tom Tromey
521b499b96 Update Python frame filter documentation
This fixes a few frame filter documentation omissions noted in
PR python/17752.

gdb/doc/ChangeLog
2018-09-10  Tom Tromey  <tom@tromey.com>

	PR python/17752:
	* python.texi (Frame Filter API): Remove period from subsection
	title.  Mention 100 as good default priority.
	(Frame Decorator API): Remove period from subsection title.
	Mention FrameDecorator module.
2018-09-10 07:44:25 -06:00
Tom Tromey
4a5a194ae8 Reword gdb.GdbError text
PR python/23108 points out that the gdb.GdbError documentation is
somewhat difficult to find.  The exception is apparently just
mentioned in passing.  This patch introduces a new table and adds a
bit more text to try to make it more obvious.

gdb/doc/ChangeLog
2018-09-10  Tom Tromey  <tom@tromey.com>

	PR python/23108:
	* python.texi (Exception Handling): Rearrange gdb.GdbError text
	and add a table.
2018-09-10 07:44:25 -06:00
Tom Tromey
f5a476a7b1 Avoid warnings from makeinfo
"make info" gives a number of warnings about the use of a "." in
@ref-like commands.  These come from the ".info" suffix.  I think this
suffix is redundant, and removing the suffix also removes the warning.

gdb/doc/ChangeLog
2018-09-10  Tom Tromey  <tom@tromey.com>

	* gdb.texinfo (Compilation): Use "gcc", not "gcc.info", in @xref.
	(Machine Code): Use "binutils", not "binutils.info", in @pxref.
	(Separate Debug Files): Use "ld", not "ld.info", in @ref.
	* python.texi (Objfiles In Python): Use "ld", not "ld.info", in @ref.
2018-09-10 07:44:24 -06:00
Tom Tromey
60c0454d3d Document that Frame.block can throw
PR python/16484 points out that Frame.block can throw an exception,
but this is not documented.

This patch fixes the documentation.  Changing Frame.block to return
None would be nice, but I suspect it's too late for that change.

gdb/doc/ChangeLog
2018-09-10  Tom Tromey  <tom@tromey.com>

	PR python/16484:
	* python.texi (Frames In Python): Document that Frame.block can
	throw.
2018-09-10 07:44:23 -06:00
Tom Tromey
22eb9e92ea Update Python Block.end documentation
PR python/16033 points out that Block.end doesn't describe whether it
is inclusive or exclusive.  This patch fixes the documentation.

gdb/doc/ChangeLog
2018-09-10  Tom Tromey  <tom@tromey.com>

	PR python/16033:
	* python.texi (Blocks In Python): Document that Block.end is
	exclusive.
2018-09-10 07:44:22 -06:00
Tom Tromey
984ee559a2 Fix "set" handling of Python parameters
It's long bothered me that setting a Python parameter from the CLI
will print the "set" help text by default.  I think usually "set"
commands should be silent.  And, while you can modify this behavior a
bit by providing a "get_set_string" method, if this method returns an
empty string, a blank line will be printed.

This patch removes the "help" behavior and changes the get_set_string
behavior to avoid printing a blank line.  The code has a comment about
preserving API behavior, but I don't think this is truly important;
and in any case the workaround -- implementing get_set_string -- is
trivial.

Regression tested on x86-64 Fedora 26.

2018-04-26  Tom Tromey  <tom@tromey.com>

	* NEWS: Mention new "set" behavior.
	* python/py-param.c (get_set_value): Don't print an empty string.
	Don't call get_doc_string.

gdb/doc/ChangeLog
2018-04-26  Tom Tromey  <tom@tromey.com>

	* python.texi (Parameters In Python): Update get_set_string
	documentation.
2018-05-31 15:02:01 -06:00
Tom Tromey
7729052b53 Add basic Python API for convenience variables
This adds a basic Python API for accessing convenience variables.
With this, convenience variables can be read and set from Python.
Although gdb supports convenience variables whose value changes at
each call, this is not exposed to Python; it could be, but I think
it's just as good to write a convenience function in this situation.

This is PR python/23080.

Tested on x86-64 Fedora 26.

2018-04-22  Tom Tromey  <tom@tromey.com>

	PR python/23080:
	* NEWS: Update for new functions.
	* python/py-value.c (gdbpy_set_convenience_variable)
	(gdbpy_convenience_variable): New functions.
	* python/python-internal.h (gdbpy_convenience_variable)
	(gdbpy_set_convenience_variable): Declare.
	* python/python.c (python_GdbMethods): Add convenience_variable,
	set_convenience_variable.

doc/ChangeLog
2018-04-22  Tom Tromey  <tom@tromey.com>

	PR python/23080:
	* python.texi (Basic Python): Document gdb.convenience_variable,
	gdb.set_convenience_variable.

testsuite/ChangeLog
2018-04-22  Tom Tromey  <tom@tromey.com>

	PR python/23080:
	* gdb.python/python.exp: Add convenience variable tests.
2018-05-31 15:00:40 -06:00
Tom Tromey
a913fffbde Allow breakpoint commands to be set from Python
This changes the Python API so that breakpoint commands can be set by
writing to the "commands" attribute.

ChangeLog
2018-05-04  Tom Tromey  <tom@tromey.com>

	PR python/22731:
	* NEWS: Mention that breakpoint commands are writable.
	* python/py-breakpoint.c (bppy_set_commands): New function.
	(breakpoint_object_getset) <"commands">: Use it.

doc/ChangeLog
2018-05-04  Tom Tromey  <tom@tromey.com>

	PR python/22731:
	* python.texi (Breakpoints In Python): Mention that "commands" is
	writable.

testsuite/ChangeLog
2018-05-04  Tom Tromey  <tom@tromey.com>

	PR python/22731:
	* gdb.python/py-breakpoint.exp: Test setting breakpoint commands.
2018-05-04 15:58:09 -06:00
Tom Tromey
0489430a0e Handle var_zuinteger and var_zuinteger_unlimited from Python
PR python/20084 points out that the Python API doesn't handle the
var_zuinteger and var_zuinteger_unlimited parameter types.

This patch adds support for these types.

Regression tested on x86-64 Fedora 26.

ChangeLog
2018-05-02  Tom Tromey  <tom@tromey.com>

	PR python/20084:
	* python/python.c (gdbpy_parameter_value): Handle var_zuinteger
	and var_zuinteger_unlimited.
	* python/py-param.c (struct parm_constant): Add PARAM_ZUINTEGER
	and PARAM_ZUINTEGER_UNLIMITED.
	(set_parameter_value): Handle var_zuinteger and
	var_zuinteger_unlimited.
	(add_setshow_generic): Likewise.
	(parmpy_init): Likewise.

doc/ChangeLog
2018-05-02  Tom Tromey  <tom@tromey.com>

	PR python/20084:
	* python.texi (Parameters In Python): Document PARAM_ZUINTEGER and
	PARAM_ZUINTEGER_UNLIMITED.

testsuite/ChangeLog
2018-05-02  Tom Tromey  <tom@tromey.com>

	PR python/20084:
	* gdb.python/py-parameter.exp: Add PARAM_ZUINTEGER and
	PARAM_ZUINTEGER_UNLIMITED tests.
2018-05-02 10:31:55 -06:00
Tom Tromey
6d7bb8246b Expose type alignment on gdb.Type
This adds an "alignof" attribute to gdb.Type in the Python API.

2018-04-30  Tom Tromey  <tom@tromey.com>

	* NEWS: Mention Type.align.
	* python/py-type.c (typy_get_alignof): New function.
	(type_object_getset): Add "alignof".

2018-04-30  Tom Tromey  <tom@tromey.com>

	* python.texi (Types In Python): Document Type.align.

2018-04-30  Tom Tromey  <tom@tromey.com>

	* gdb.python/py-type.exp: Check align attribute.
	* gdb.python/py-type.c: New "aligncheck" global.
2018-04-30 11:25:31 -06:00
Joel Brobecker
e2882c8578 Update copyright year range in all GDB files
gdb/ChangeLog:

        Update copyright year range in all GDB files
2018-01-02 07:38:06 +04:00
Simon Marchi
b89641bab5 python: Add qualified parameter to gdb.Breakpoint
This patch adds the possibility to pass a qualified=True|False parameter
when creating a breakpoint in Python.  It is equivalent to using
-qualified in a linespec.  The parameter actually accepts any Python
value, and converts it to boolean using Python's standard rules for
that (https://docs.python.org/3/library/stdtypes.html#truth).

Unlike the -source/-line/-function/-label parameters, it is possible to
use -qualified with a "normal" (non-explicit) linespec.  Therefore, it
is possible (unlike these other parameters) to use this new parameter
along with the spec parameter.

I updated the py-breakpoint.exp test.  To be able to test multiple
locations using a namespace, I had to switch the test case to compile as
C++.  If we really wanted to, we could run it as both C and C++, but
omit the C++-specific parts when running it as C.

gdb/ChangeLog:

	* location.h (string_to_event_location): Add match_type
	parameter.
	* location.c (string_to_event_location): Likewise.
	* python/py-breakpoint.c (bppy_init): Handle qualified
	parameter.

gdb/doc/ChangeLog:

	* python.texi (Manipulating breakpoints using Python): Document
	qualified parameter to gdb.Breakpoint.

gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog:

	* gdb.python/py-breakpoint.c (foo_ns::multiply): New function.
	* gdb.python/py-breakpoint.exp: Compile the test case as c++,
	call test_bkpt_qualified.
	(test_bkpt_qualified): New proc.
2017-12-13 11:44:28 -05:00
Simon Marchi
0b982d685e python doc: Rework Breakpoint.__init__ doc
I find the documentation of the gdb.Breakpoint constructor hard to read
and not very informative, especially since we have added the new
linespec parameters.  There are multiple problems (some are subjective):

- It's not clear that you should use either the spec string or the
  explicit arguments, not both.
- It's not clear what combination of parameters you can use.
- The big block of text describing the arguments is hard to read.
- Currently, it seems like the "spec" argument is mandatory, even though
  it is not (if you use explicit linespec).
- The square bracket nesting

    [arg1 [, arg2[, arg3]]]

  makes it seems like if you specify arg3, you must specify arg1 and
  arg2 (it's not the case here).

This patch tries to address these problems.

gdb/doc/ChangeLog:

	* python.texi (Manipulating breakpoints using Python): Split doc
	of Breakpoint.__init__ in two, split text in multiple
	paragraphs, don't nest parameter square brackets.
2017-12-13 11:27:04 -05:00
Phil Muldoon
824cc835aa Implement explicit locations for Python breakpoints.
This introduces several new keywords to the bppy_init constructor.
The spec parameter is now optional but mutually exclusive to the
explicit keywords source, label, function and line.

gdb/ChangeLog

2017-12-07  Phil Muldoon  <pmuldoon@redhat.com>

       * python/py-breakpoint.c (bppy_init): Use string_to_event_location
       over basic location code. Implement explicit location keywords.
       (bppy_init_validate_args): New function.
       * NEWS: Document Python explicit breakpoint locations.

doc/ChangeLog

2017-12-07  Phil Muldoon  <pmuldoon@redhat.com>

       * python.texi (Breakpoints In Python): Add text relating
       to allowed explicit locations and keywords in gdb.Breakpoints.

testsuite/ChangeLog

2017-12-07  Phil Muldoon  <pmuldoon@redhat.com>

       * gdb.python/py-breakpoint.exp (test_bkpt_explicit_loc): Add new
       tests for explicit locations.
2017-12-07 16:47:33 +00:00
Phil Muldoon
d8ae99a7b0 Add Python rbreak command.
gdb/Changelog

2017-11-16  Phil Muldoon  <pmuldoon@redhat.com>

	* python/python.c (gdbpy_rbreak): New function.
        * NEWS: Document Python rbreak feature.

testsuite/Changelog

2017-11-16  Phil Muldoon  <pmuldoon@redhat.com>

	* gdb.python/py-rbreak.exp: New file.
	* gdb.python/py-rbreak.c: New file.
	* gdb.python/py-rbreak-func2.c: New file.

doc/Changelog

2017-11-16  Phil Muldoon  <pmuldoon@redhat.com>

	* python.texi (Basic Python): Add rbreak documentation.
2017-11-16 14:14:03 +00:00
Kevin Buettner
da2c323bff Documentation for Inferior.thread_from_thread_handle
gdb/doc/ChangeLog:

	* python.texi (Inferiors In Python): Add description for method
	Inferior.thread_from_thread_handle.
2017-09-21 11:49:46 -07:00
Tom Tromey
7c96f8c1da Add new_inferior, inferior_deleted, and new_thread events
This adds a few new events to gdb's Python layer: new_inferior,
inferior_deleted, and new_thread.  I wanted to be able to add a
combined inferior/thread display window to my GUI, and I needed a few
events to make this work.  This is PR python/15622.

ChangeLog
2017-09-11  Tom Tromey  <tom@tromey.com>

	PR python/15622:
	* NEWS: Add entry.
	* python/python.c (do_start_initialization): Initialize new event
	types.
	* python/python-internal.h (gdbpy_initialize_new_inferior_event)
	(gdbpy_initialize_inferior_deleted_event)
	(gdbpy_initialize_new_thread_event): Declare.
	* python/py-threadevent.c (create_thread_event_object): Add option
	"thread" parameter.
	* python/py-inferior.c (new_thread_event_object_type)
	(new_inferior_event_object_type)
	(inferior_deleted_event_object_type): Declare.
	(python_new_inferior, python_inferior_deleted): New functions.
	(add_thread_object): Emit new_thread event.
	(gdbpy_initialize_inferior): Attach new functions to corresponding
	observers.
	(new_thread, new_inferior, inferior_deleted): Define new event
	types.
	* python/py-evts.c (gdbpy_initialize_py_events): Add new
	registries.
	* python/py-events.h (events_object) <new_inferior,
	inferior_deleted, new_thread>: New fields.
	* python/py-event.h (create_thread_event_breakpoint): Add optional
	"thread" parameter.

doc/ChangeLog
2017-09-11  Tom Tromey  <tom@tromey.com>

	* python.texi (Events In Python): Document new events.

testsuite/ChangeLog
2017-09-11  Tom Tromey  <tom@tromey.com>

	* gdb.python/py-infthread.exp: Add tests for new_thread event.
	* gdb.python/py-inferior.exp: Add tests for new inferior events.
2017-09-11 14:15:20 -06:00
Sergio Durigan Junior
eb83230b4d Fix PR gdb/21606: SYMBOL_FUNCTIONS_DOMAIN misspelled in documentation
Both Python and Guile documentations misspelled
SYMBOL_FUNCTIONS_DOMAIN, writing SYMBOL_FUNCTION_DOMAIN instead.  This
obvious commit fixes it.

gdb/doc/ChangeLog:
2017-06-20  Sergio Durigan Junior  <sergiodj@redhat.com>

	PR gdb/21606
	* python.texi (Python representation of Symbols.): Replace
	SYMBOL_FUNCTION_DOMAIN by SYMBOL_FUNCTIONS_DOMAIN, fixing typo.
	* guile.texi (Guile representation of Symbols.): Likewise.
2017-06-20 21:31:59 -04:00
Tim Wiederhake
d050f7d7f4 Python: Introduce gdb.Instruction class
This adds a generic instruction class to Python and has gdb.RecordInstruction
inherit from it.
2017-05-02 11:35:54 +02:00
Tim Wiederhake
14f819c8c5 Python: Move and rename gdb.BtraceFunction
Remove gdb.BtraceFunctionCall and replace by gdb.FunctionSegment.  Additionally,
rename prev_segment and next_segment to prev and next.
2017-05-02 11:35:54 +02:00
Tim Wiederhake
0ed5da759e Python: Move and rename gdb.BtraceInstruction
Remove gdb.BtraceInstruction and replace by gdb.RecordInstruction.
2017-05-02 11:35:54 +02:00
Tim Wiederhake
913aeadd9d Python: Introduce gdb.RecordGap class
As discussed here: https://sourceware.org/ml/gdb-patches/2017-04/msg00157.html

A gap is not an instruction and it should not pretend to be one.
gdb.Record.instruction_history is now a list of gdb.RecordInstruction and
gdb.RecordGap objects.  This allows the user to deal with Gaps in the record
in a more sane way.
2017-05-02 11:35:54 +02:00
Tim Wiederhake
a3be24ad59 Python: Remove ptid from gdb.Record interface
As discussed here: https://sourceware.org/ml/gdb-patches/2017-04/msg00166.html
2017-05-02 11:35:54 +02:00
Yao Qi
79778b30dc Remove @code for python
There's no reason to use @code for Python the name of a programming
language.

gdb/doc:

2017-03-22  Yao Qi  <yao.qi@linaro.org>

	* python.texi (Inferiors In Python): Remove @code from Python.
2017-03-22 12:40:24 +00:00
Tim Wiederhake
cee59b3fea Fix break on Python 2
This changes the return type of "gdb.BtraceInstruction.data ()" from
"memoryview" to "buffer" on Python 2.7 and below, similar to what
"gdb.Inferior.read_memory ()" does.
2017-03-21 08:19:59 +01:00